''Kapi'' is an extinct genus of
pliopithecoids that lived about 13.8 to 12.5 million years ago during the
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...
.
The type species is ''K. ramnagarensis'' and it is known from a complete
lower molar.
The
holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ...
molar was discovered in 2015 in the
Lower Siwaliks of
Ramnagar Ramnagar may refer to the following places:
Bangladesh
* Ramnagar, Bangladesh, a village in Chittagong Division
* Ramnagar Union, Jessore Sadar
India Jammu and Kashmir
* Ramnagar, Udhampur, a town in Jammu and Kashmir
** Ramnagar Fort Udha ...
in
Jammu and Kashmir. On 8 September 2020, scientists in northern India described the fossil and named the new species ''K. ramnagarensis''.
The
generic name ''Kapi'' is from the Hindi term for a monkey. The
specific name is after Ramnagar, where the type specimen was first found.
While originally believed to be an early
hylobatid, recent research likens it more to a
pliopithecoid.
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References
Miocene primates of Asia
Fossil taxa described in 2020
Miocene primates
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